Which to use
“court” is a noun and “status” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,536
- “court” frequency rank
- #2,518
- “status” frequency rank
- 17054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | court | status |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Hof, der Hinterhof, der Schulhof, der Spielplatz | Konditional Aktiv des Verbs stati |
Letter map: court vs status
Shared letters muted; letters that set court and status apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: court vs status
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: court is anoun and statusaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
court is recorded at frequency rank #14,536, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. status is at rank #2,518, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 17054, this pair ranks #1,930,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of court vs status
Shared letters: tu. Private to "court": cor. Private to "status": as.
"court" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "status" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "court" and "status" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "court" or "status" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "court" and "status". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "court" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "status" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,930,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "court" and "status" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "court vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,930,749 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.